lydien
French, adjective\li.djɛ̃\
lydien is spelled L-Y-D-I-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lydien is a French adjective meaning “Lydian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la Lydie, ses habitants et leur culture”.
What does lydien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Lydian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Lydie, ses habitants et leur culture. 2. Qui concerne le quatrième mode issu de la gamme grégorienne. Qualifie le ton aigu (ton des lamentations) de la musique grecque ancienne.
noun: 1. Langue indoeuropéenne, de la famille des langues anatoliennes parlée en Lydie dans l’Antiquité. 2. Mode lydien.
noun: 1. Habitant de la Lydie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lydien
- lydienne feminine
- lydiens masculine plural
- lydiennes feminine plural
- Lydiens plural
- Lydienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lydien?
- \li.djɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lydien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lydien in French?
lydien appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).